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' APPLICATION FILED JAN-25.19l9.

1,316,741, Pafent-edSept.23,1919.

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ORNAMENTAL SHOE-BUCKLE AND ATTACHMENT DEVICE THEREFOR;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed January 25, 1919. Serial No. 273,012.

. certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Shoe-Bucklesand Attachment Devices Therefor, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to ornamental shoe buckles such as are ordinarily worn over the instep of pumps, low shoes, or slippers and also to means by which such buckles are attached.

The invention is directed to an organization such as the above, which has the advantage of permitting the ready interchangeability of buckles or various patterns or designs, and which includes yielding means whereby the buckles are normally retained against displacement.

In carrying out my invention, I permanently attach to the shoe a metallic tongue or upright which fits appropriate straps formed upon the buckles, and which is provided with paired ofisets between which the said straps are yieldingly retained, and thereby prevent displacement of the buckle.

In the drawings, Figure I, is a perspective view of a low shoe showing an ornamental buckle and its attachment means constructed according to my invention.

Fig. II, is a perspective view of the attachment device alone.

Fig. III, is a similar view of the rear of the ornamental buckle, and

Fig. IV, is a vertical central sectional view showing the manner in which these parts are assembled and their relation to the shoe.

The attachment device is formed of a single piece of stamped sheet metal and comprises a base plate 1, from which centrally projects an upright or tongue 2. The base plate is bent in arcuate form to correspond to the curvature at the front of the shoe opening, and the tongue is relatively disposed at an appropriate acute angle, so as to support the buckle at the proper inclination in conformity with the slope of the instep of the foot of the wearer. The device may be permanently affixed at a point proximate to the front edge of the shoe opening,

by sewing, stapling or riveting, suitable apertures 3 being provided in the base plate for the purpose.

The type of buckle which I preferto em.

ploy in connection with my improved attachment device, consists of a sheet metal backing plate 5, which serves to support any desired ornamental facing such as indicated at 6, in Figs. I and IV. Such facing may be secured to the plate in any convenient manner. Said plate is supplemented with supporting means shown as comprising a plurality of integral straps 8-8, adapted to embrace the tongue 2, of the attachment dc vice when assembled as shown.

In order to normally prevent accidental displacement of the buckle with respect to the tongue, I have provided the latter with spaced complementary offsets 9-9, between which a strap of the buckle plate is received and retained. These offsets are formed by indenting the metal of the tongue, as best shown in Figs. II and IV, and are so shaped as to merge at an easy angle into the tongue proper. As the buckle is applied either of its straps will ride readily over the upper offset and find its seat in the retaining recess formed between said offset and its fellow, the straps being sufiiciently resilient to permit this. The lower offset 9, serves as abutment means for limiting and determining the position of the buckle, while the upper offset 9, serves as means for retaining the buckle. In removal, only a slight effort will be necessary to effect the release of the buckle. If desired these paired offsets may be duplicated so that both buckle straps are positively engaged. For most practical purposes, however, I have found one pair sufflcient.

By this improved arrangement, buckles of various ornamental designs may be readily interchanged with a minimum loss of time, thereby affording an attachment means which is universal in scope and capable of supporting the buckles against displace ment under all normal conditions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An ornamental shoe buckle supplemented with supporting strap means at its rear; in combination with an attachment device adapted to be secured to-the shoe and comprising a metallic tongue adapted to fit within said strap means, said tongue having retaining means for engaging the strap means to retain the buckle thereon.

2. An ornamental shoe buckle supplemented with supporting strap means; in combination with an attachment device adapted to be secured to the shoe and com prising a metallic tongue adapted to fit within said strap means, said tongue having retaining means for engaging the strap means to retain the buckle, said strap and retaining means being resiliently yielding relatively to one another;

3. An ornamental shoe buckle including a metallic backing late formed with integral offset straps; in combination with an attachment device comprising a metallic tongue attached to the shoe and adapted to fit within the straps of the buckle, the said tongue being formed with paired projections between which the straps of the buckle are normally yieldingly retained against displacement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this twenty-fourth day of January, 1919.

SAMUEL RIVELIS.

Witnesses :v

t JAMES H. BELL,

E. L. FULLERTON.

Gopiesohthis patent may be obtainedfor five cents each ,.byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D 0.- 

